1 00:00:10,621 --> 00:00:12,267 - I failed you. - No. 2 00:00:12,291 --> 00:00:14,295 Your bloodline ends with me. 3 00:00:17,101 --> 00:00:18,446 God spoke to me. 4 00:00:18,470 --> 00:00:21,018 "Go forth," he said, "from your native land 5 00:00:21,042 --> 00:00:23,122 into a land that I will show you." 6 00:00:23,146 --> 00:00:26,329 He's going to give us children, Sarai. 7 00:00:26,353 --> 00:00:28,558 Abram's god did not bring you out of harran 8 00:00:28,691 --> 00:00:30,337 to not give you a child. 9 00:00:30,361 --> 00:00:33,042 We did what you asked, and nothing! 10 00:00:33,066 --> 00:00:35,146 My womb stays closed! 11 00:00:35,170 --> 00:00:38,954 Hagar, I want you to have Abram's child on my behalf. 12 00:00:38,978 --> 00:00:42,251 - Your son. - Ishmael. 13 00:00:43,688 --> 00:00:45,768 Sarah will have a son. 14 00:00:45,792 --> 00:00:48,296 I am too old. This is madness. 15 00:00:48,397 --> 00:00:51,345 - You feel this? - You're with child. 16 00:00:51,369 --> 00:00:53,149 His name will be Isaac. 17 00:00:53,173 --> 00:00:55,119 God will make his covenant with him. 18 00:00:55,143 --> 00:00:56,823 Ishmael is your eldest. 19 00:00:56,847 --> 00:00:57,983 It's god's will. 20 00:00:58,116 --> 00:01:00,765 I'll never bow to him. Never! 21 00:01:00,789 --> 00:01:01,990 Cast them both out. 22 00:01:02,124 --> 00:01:05,006 We have to protect Isaac and the covenant. 23 00:01:05,030 --> 00:01:07,602 Ishmael, please, come back! 24 00:01:17,421 --> 00:01:21,964 I was chosen to lead by god. 25 00:01:22,098 --> 00:01:25,104 And it tested me at every turn. 26 00:01:25,270 --> 00:01:30,725 Pitted me against my family, my husband... 27 00:01:30,749 --> 00:01:33,697 And my sons. 28 00:01:33,721 --> 00:01:35,256 Those that I loved. 29 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:42,872 If it meant I had to deceive, 30 00:01:43,006 --> 00:01:47,214 that was my burden and my destiny. 31 00:01:50,822 --> 00:01:55,163 I stand here now with blood on my hands. 32 00:01:58,236 --> 00:02:00,473 Father, don't! 33 00:02:01,644 --> 00:02:04,057 It's sick. It won't survive on its own. 34 00:02:04,081 --> 00:02:06,218 Then I'll care for it. 35 00:02:07,655 --> 00:02:09,802 Rebekah. 36 00:02:09,826 --> 00:02:11,697 Please. 37 00:02:19,612 --> 00:02:21,415 I trust you. 38 00:02:28,363 --> 00:02:31,245 Yeah, look at me, yeah. 39 00:02:31,269 --> 00:02:34,619 - Zephyr, be nice. - Careful. 40 00:02:34,643 --> 00:02:37,147 That one horn is like a blade from my shears. 41 00:02:39,619 --> 00:02:42,457 A storm is coming. You better tie him up. 42 00:02:48,169 --> 00:02:50,082 Stay there. 43 00:02:50,106 --> 00:02:52,244 I'll come check on you. 44 00:03:07,776 --> 00:03:09,244 A storm. 45 00:03:13,019 --> 00:03:15,123 He'll be scared. 46 00:03:15,224 --> 00:03:17,829 As you should be. 47 00:03:17,930 --> 00:03:20,300 Come back inside. 48 00:03:25,210 --> 00:03:26,813 Zephyr? 49 00:03:31,823 --> 00:03:33,269 I tied him right here. 50 00:03:33,293 --> 00:03:34,796 Must have broken free and run off. 51 00:03:38,103 --> 00:03:40,684 Zephyr! Zephyr? 52 00:03:40,708 --> 00:03:41,486 It's not fair. 53 00:03:41,510 --> 00:03:43,647 Why would the gods take him away? 54 00:03:46,186 --> 00:03:47,186 Did I do something wrong? 55 00:03:47,287 --> 00:03:49,200 No, no, no. 56 00:03:49,224 --> 00:03:53,142 Maybe... maybe he was needed elsewhere. 57 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:55,112 I don't understand. 58 00:03:55,136 --> 00:03:57,585 We all have a purpose, love. 59 00:03:57,609 --> 00:04:00,681 One day, yours will reveal itself too. 60 00:04:20,955 --> 00:04:22,467 Rebekah! 61 00:04:22,491 --> 00:04:24,304 Keep an eye on your grandmother for a moment. 62 00:04:24,328 --> 00:04:26,633 We need some new shears. 63 00:04:39,458 --> 00:04:42,040 He thinks I need a nursemaid. 64 00:04:45,604 --> 00:04:49,077 Look at this color. 65 00:04:51,382 --> 00:04:52,885 Matches your eyes. 66 00:04:59,231 --> 00:05:01,846 What's the matter? 67 00:05:01,870 --> 00:05:07,323 Nothing. I... I was lost in a memory. 68 00:05:07,347 --> 00:05:08,651 Your great-aunt Sarah, 69 00:05:08,784 --> 00:05:12,266 she wore a veil like this on her wedding day. 70 00:05:12,290 --> 00:05:14,304 You've mentioned her before. 71 00:05:14,328 --> 00:05:16,834 She's the one who left harran. 72 00:05:16,967 --> 00:05:19,204 When she was your age. 73 00:05:19,338 --> 00:05:20,349 Why did she go? 74 00:05:20,373 --> 00:05:23,389 Her husband, Abraham. 75 00:05:23,413 --> 00:05:27,631 His god promised them a new life. 76 00:05:27,655 --> 00:05:30,728 The adventures they must have had. 77 00:05:34,669 --> 00:05:38,610 I've always wondered what lies beyond the mountains of harran. 78 00:05:40,814 --> 00:05:43,462 To leave home. 79 00:05:43,486 --> 00:05:45,032 I could never. I'd miss it here too much. 80 00:05:45,056 --> 00:05:48,405 Maybe it's your destiny as it was my sister Sarah's. 81 00:05:48,429 --> 00:05:52,213 And what will you miss if you stay? 82 00:05:52,237 --> 00:05:54,776 You have an audience. 83 00:05:54,910 --> 00:05:57,357 None interest you? 84 00:05:57,381 --> 00:05:59,361 I've known them all my life. 85 00:05:59,385 --> 00:06:01,389 Your father's receiving offers. 86 00:06:01,523 --> 00:06:03,426 He may ask you to choose. 87 00:06:03,561 --> 00:06:08,346 I won't settle out of fear of being alone. 88 00:06:08,370 --> 00:06:10,741 Certainly not for three goats and a mule. 89 00:06:15,685 --> 00:06:17,922 I'd never forgive you if you did. 90 00:06:55,230 --> 00:06:56,900 Please. 91 00:06:58,704 --> 00:07:01,886 May I have a drink of water? 92 00:07:01,910 --> 00:07:03,322 You may, sir. 93 00:07:03,346 --> 00:07:05,651 You may call me eliezer. 94 00:07:08,557 --> 00:07:11,171 I apologize if I startled you. 95 00:07:11,195 --> 00:07:12,565 It's been a long journey. 96 00:07:14,970 --> 00:07:17,073 Please, drink your fill. 97 00:07:29,331 --> 00:07:30,968 Who is that with your camels? 98 00:07:35,511 --> 00:07:38,617 I see no one. 99 00:07:41,322 --> 00:07:42,458 Poor things. 100 00:07:42,559 --> 00:07:45,163 I'll draw water for them as well. 101 00:07:45,297 --> 00:07:48,236 Tell me whose daughter you are. 102 00:07:48,369 --> 00:07:51,943 I'm the daughter of bethuel, son of milcah and nahor. 103 00:07:52,110 --> 00:07:53,957 Blessed be the lord, 104 00:07:53,981 --> 00:07:57,330 who has led me straight to my master's kinsmen. 105 00:07:57,354 --> 00:07:59,902 Who is your master? 106 00:07:59,926 --> 00:08:02,440 - Abraham? - Can you believe? 107 00:08:02,464 --> 00:08:04,444 Did we not just speak of him the other day? 108 00:08:04,468 --> 00:08:06,573 What brings his servant to harran? 109 00:08:07,407 --> 00:08:09,579 He was sent with an offering. 110 00:08:10,581 --> 00:08:12,393 Well, then I should see to him. 111 00:08:12,417 --> 00:08:15,089 Show him our hospitality. 112 00:08:18,597 --> 00:08:20,777 Eliezer, did my sister Sarah 113 00:08:20,801 --> 00:08:23,149 ever have the child she yearned for? 114 00:08:23,173 --> 00:08:24,652 She did. 115 00:08:24,676 --> 00:08:27,825 In fact, her son is the reason of my errand. 116 00:08:27,849 --> 00:08:29,418 Abraham asked that I return 117 00:08:29,519 --> 00:08:32,491 to the land of his father and find his kin. 118 00:08:32,592 --> 00:08:35,732 He said an angel would accompany me. 119 00:08:35,865 --> 00:08:36,676 An angel? 120 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:38,445 When I arrived, I prayed that, 121 00:08:38,469 --> 00:08:42,511 if a maiden offered to draw water for me and my camels, 122 00:08:42,612 --> 00:08:44,415 she'd be the one I was meant to find. 123 00:08:44,550 --> 00:08:47,555 For what purpose? 124 00:08:47,722 --> 00:08:49,935 To take her to can a an, 125 00:08:49,959 --> 00:08:54,569 so that she might become wife to my master's son. 126 00:08:58,644 --> 00:09:01,448 What do you know of their god? 127 00:09:01,549 --> 00:09:04,799 I know that Abraham spoke to him and I believe it. 128 00:09:04,823 --> 00:09:06,993 He was a changed man after that. 129 00:09:09,431 --> 00:09:11,202 What are you not telling me? 130 00:09:11,335 --> 00:09:12,805 - I saw him. - Who? 131 00:09:12,939 --> 00:09:14,718 The angel the servant spoke of. 132 00:09:14,742 --> 00:09:16,756 I saw him even as he did not. 133 00:09:16,780 --> 00:09:18,626 My whole life, I've been waiting. 134 00:09:18,650 --> 00:09:21,088 For what, I don't know. 135 00:09:22,692 --> 00:09:24,461 What if this is it? 136 00:09:24,596 --> 00:09:28,012 If it is and I don't go, I'll regret it. 137 00:09:28,036 --> 00:09:31,609 But if it's not and I do, I'll regret that too. 138 00:09:31,743 --> 00:09:33,814 What does your heart tell you? 139 00:09:37,788 --> 00:09:41,037 I assume the animals you traveled with are included? 140 00:09:41,061 --> 00:09:44,602 Save for the colts needed for the journey to can a an. 141 00:09:45,638 --> 00:09:47,785 No need to rush a decision, sister. 142 00:09:47,809 --> 00:09:50,246 We've negotiated more time for deliberations. 143 00:09:50,380 --> 00:09:52,918 In ten days, we'll decide... I don't need ten days. 144 00:09:54,454 --> 00:09:56,603 I'll go with him. 145 00:09:56,627 --> 00:09:58,305 Are you sure? 146 00:09:58,329 --> 00:10:03,382 You once told me that I would know my purpose when it comes. 147 00:10:16,866 --> 00:10:20,315 May you be the mother to thousands, 148 00:10:20,339 --> 00:10:22,778 and tens of thousands. 149 00:10:25,684 --> 00:10:27,421 I'll miss you. 150 00:10:27,555 --> 00:10:29,692 And I you. 151 00:10:39,311 --> 00:10:44,722 May your descendants inherit the gate of their enemies. 152 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:20,135 Deborah, I so appreciate you coming. 153 00:11:20,159 --> 00:11:23,075 It'll be nice to have a face from home beside me. 154 00:11:23,099 --> 00:11:26,305 Not since the day you were born have I left your side. 155 00:11:29,612 --> 00:11:32,885 I may need to lean on you... 156 00:11:33,019 --> 00:11:38,138 As I adjust to this new... everything. 157 00:11:38,162 --> 00:11:42,170 You'll have your husband to lean on as well. 158 00:11:43,841 --> 00:11:46,823 It's a good name. Isaac. 159 00:11:46,847 --> 00:11:49,552 It means "laughter." 160 00:11:49,653 --> 00:11:52,701 He could be funny. 161 00:11:52,725 --> 00:11:54,605 Funny looking. 162 00:12:23,854 --> 00:12:28,295 This is your betrothed, Isaac, son of Abraham. 163 00:12:33,540 --> 00:12:35,376 Come. I'll announce you. 164 00:12:43,392 --> 00:12:45,005 Who's this? 165 00:12:45,029 --> 00:12:49,213 Your father sent me to harran to find a wife. 166 00:12:49,237 --> 00:12:50,349 A wife? 167 00:12:50,373 --> 00:12:51,442 I assumed he sent word. 168 00:12:51,543 --> 00:12:53,814 No, he didn't. 169 00:12:53,947 --> 00:12:55,082 This is exactly like him. 170 00:12:55,183 --> 00:12:59,391 He's meddling again, and he thinks of no one but himself. 171 00:12:59,492 --> 00:13:00,970 Sorry, forgive me. 172 00:13:00,994 --> 00:13:02,541 I don't know who you are or what you've been told, 173 00:13:02,565 --> 00:13:04,879 but you've been misled. 174 00:13:04,903 --> 00:13:08,276 We can arrange travel back to... 175 00:13:08,409 --> 00:13:10,757 Wherever she came from. 176 00:13:10,781 --> 00:13:12,818 It's nearly night. 177 00:13:14,589 --> 00:13:16,425 Fine, in the morning then. 178 00:13:26,780 --> 00:13:28,683 Did you see the look on his face, 179 00:13:28,817 --> 00:13:31,197 as though he was the one inconvenienced? 180 00:13:31,221 --> 00:13:33,201 I did. 181 00:13:33,225 --> 00:13:37,433 Now I'm to return home with the stain of rejection. 182 00:13:40,239 --> 00:13:43,021 No one will believe what really transpired. 183 00:13:43,045 --> 00:13:45,116 What was I thinking coming here? 184 00:13:45,249 --> 00:13:48,255 Excuse me, sorry, I didn't get your name. 185 00:13:51,996 --> 00:13:54,502 And now he invades my privacy. 186 00:13:54,603 --> 00:13:55,937 What do you want? 187 00:13:56,038 --> 00:13:57,651 I have word of your travel. 188 00:13:57,675 --> 00:14:01,457 Spit it out then. 189 00:14:01,481 --> 00:14:04,464 Well, there's been a delay. 190 00:14:04,488 --> 00:14:07,193 A delay? Where's eliezer? 191 00:14:07,294 --> 00:14:10,735 Why does he not return us to harran? 192 00:14:10,901 --> 00:14:12,705 Yeah, he left. 193 00:14:12,838 --> 00:14:14,684 Left? 194 00:14:14,708 --> 00:14:17,056 Yes, this morning, first light. 195 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,486 He went to be'er sheva, my father's house. 196 00:14:20,587 --> 00:14:22,934 How long will it take then? 197 00:14:22,958 --> 00:14:24,663 Several days, maybe more. 198 00:14:24,796 --> 00:14:25,798 Of course. 199 00:14:25,931 --> 00:14:27,010 Why stem the embarrassment 200 00:14:27,034 --> 00:14:29,848 when we can linger in it a little longer? 201 00:14:29,872 --> 00:14:33,312 It was never my intention to offend. 202 00:14:33,445 --> 00:14:37,697 I just, I... I wasn't expecting you. 203 00:14:37,721 --> 00:14:39,000 You have my apologies. 204 00:14:39,024 --> 00:14:40,894 I don't need your pity. 205 00:14:41,028 --> 00:14:43,809 The indignity itself is enough, thank you. 206 00:14:43,833 --> 00:14:46,648 My anger wasn't directed at you. 207 00:14:46,672 --> 00:14:48,977 My father... 208 00:14:51,014 --> 00:14:52,952 He was doing what's best for you. 209 00:14:53,085 --> 00:14:56,902 I assure you he has no idea what that would mean. 210 00:14:56,926 --> 00:14:58,663 You hungry? 211 00:14:58,830 --> 00:14:59,708 We have food. I could bring food... 212 00:14:59,732 --> 00:15:01,979 it's unusual you live so far from him. 213 00:15:02,003 --> 00:15:04,250 You're estranged, I take it? 214 00:15:04,274 --> 00:15:06,722 Which of you offended the other? 215 00:15:06,746 --> 00:15:07,826 Given my recent experience, 216 00:15:07,949 --> 00:15:08,994 I have a guess as to the culprit. 217 00:15:09,018 --> 00:15:10,897 You're speaking of things you know nothing about. 218 00:15:10,921 --> 00:15:12,935 Your father is a respected and righteous man. 219 00:15:12,959 --> 00:15:14,370 What could he possibly have done? 220 00:15:14,394 --> 00:15:18,268 He held a knife to my throat and he was going to kill me. 221 00:15:21,576 --> 00:15:23,856 Forgive me. 222 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,184 It's not your burden. 223 00:15:28,824 --> 00:15:30,235 How can it be true? 224 00:15:30,259 --> 00:15:31,863 By your grandmother's own account, 225 00:15:31,997 --> 00:15:33,499 Abraham is the finest of men. 226 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,542 He has no reason to lie, not about something like that. 227 00:15:55,845 --> 00:15:56,955 I accept. 228 00:15:56,979 --> 00:15:59,293 You accept? 229 00:15:59,317 --> 00:16:00,395 It's clear I've landed in the midst 230 00:16:00,419 --> 00:16:02,858 of whatever war rages between you and your father. 231 00:16:02,992 --> 00:16:06,776 Perhaps it was unfair of me to blame you. 232 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,337 So I accept your apology. 233 00:16:10,908 --> 00:16:14,525 Well, seems I needn't have bothered then. 234 00:16:14,549 --> 00:16:16,251 With what? 235 00:16:17,588 --> 00:16:18,666 This. 236 00:16:18,690 --> 00:16:22,464 It's a bauble, really. 237 00:16:22,598 --> 00:16:25,102 It's a peace offering. 238 00:16:28,042 --> 00:16:31,114 Thank you. 239 00:16:34,589 --> 00:16:37,360 Here. 240 00:16:46,779 --> 00:16:48,225 It's beautiful. 241 00:16:48,249 --> 00:16:53,426 I find threading the beads strangely calming. 242 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:57,033 And that's something I learned from my father. 243 00:16:58,335 --> 00:17:01,374 Glad to know things between you weren't all bad. 244 00:17:03,947 --> 00:17:05,860 Well, thank you, again. 245 00:17:05,884 --> 00:17:07,253 Pleasure. 246 00:17:22,585 --> 00:17:25,558 The beast was twice the size of any man, 247 00:17:25,691 --> 00:17:27,904 with its eyes gouged out. 248 00:17:27,928 --> 00:17:30,033 But it didn't need its eyes to find me. 249 00:17:30,166 --> 00:17:32,470 It could use its nose. 250 00:17:32,571 --> 00:17:35,009 And its ears. 251 00:17:35,110 --> 00:17:36,779 And its... claws! 252 00:17:37,949 --> 00:17:40,162 Got you. 253 00:17:40,186 --> 00:17:42,691 I saw your face. You were very scared. 254 00:17:45,129 --> 00:17:46,942 And you, you were the most scared... 255 00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:48,235 - I wasn't! - Out of everyone. 256 00:17:49,337 --> 00:17:52,921 They say our escort arrives tomorrow. 257 00:17:56,820 --> 00:17:59,726 So we'll be home soon. 258 00:17:59,859 --> 00:18:03,065 If that's what you want. 259 00:18:28,917 --> 00:18:30,620 Can't sleep either? 260 00:18:33,392 --> 00:18:37,266 When I was little, I used to try and count them. 261 00:18:42,043 --> 00:18:44,123 May I ask you a question? 262 00:18:44,147 --> 00:18:46,862 Of course. 263 00:18:46,886 --> 00:18:49,902 Were you unhappy in harran? 264 00:18:49,926 --> 00:18:51,337 No. 265 00:18:51,361 --> 00:18:55,637 Why leave your home to marry a man you'd never met? 266 00:18:57,140 --> 00:19:00,046 I thought my purpose was elsewhere, 267 00:19:00,179 --> 00:19:02,192 as ridiculous as that now sounds. 268 00:19:02,216 --> 00:19:04,655 I don't think it's ridiculous. 269 00:19:10,099 --> 00:19:12,370 All the stars in the sky. 270 00:19:14,107 --> 00:19:16,679 So shall my descendants be. 271 00:19:16,812 --> 00:19:19,026 Too numerous to count. 272 00:19:19,050 --> 00:19:21,899 God himself promised so. 273 00:19:21,923 --> 00:19:23,068 Promised who? 274 00:19:23,092 --> 00:19:25,195 Well, not me. 275 00:19:25,329 --> 00:19:28,536 God doesn't speak to me, only my father. 276 00:19:29,906 --> 00:19:31,742 I'm sorry. 277 00:19:34,213 --> 00:19:36,418 I was the test. 278 00:19:37,655 --> 00:19:42,129 My father's god commanded him to make a sacrifice. 279 00:19:42,230 --> 00:19:44,400 A burnt offering. 280 00:19:45,570 --> 00:19:50,446 So he and I traveled for three days to mount Moriah. 281 00:19:50,547 --> 00:19:55,900 And it didn't occur to me to ask until we were halfway up 282 00:19:55,924 --> 00:19:57,426 where the lamb was. 283 00:19:59,064 --> 00:20:01,334 He said, "don't worry." 284 00:20:02,538 --> 00:20:04,016 Once we reached the highest point, 285 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,122 he built a pyre of wood. 286 00:20:07,146 --> 00:20:10,085 And then he turned to me. 287 00:20:10,252 --> 00:20:12,132 I've never seen a look like it. 288 00:20:12,156 --> 00:20:17,266 It was so much sorrow. 289 00:20:20,874 --> 00:20:27,363 And that's when I realized... I was the sacrifice. 290 00:20:27,387 --> 00:20:29,591 The way he looked at me. 291 00:20:32,163 --> 00:20:34,735 He was prepared to do it, to kill me. 292 00:20:34,902 --> 00:20:36,572 Who could do such a thing? 293 00:20:36,739 --> 00:20:39,621 My father could. 294 00:20:39,645 --> 00:20:41,190 He believed god gave him a son, 295 00:20:41,214 --> 00:20:44,964 and if god wanted the son back, then... 296 00:20:44,988 --> 00:20:47,293 It was not his to withhold. 297 00:20:47,427 --> 00:20:51,010 I don't know how I can love him and hate him. 298 00:20:51,034 --> 00:20:55,051 It's... You're stronger than you know, Isaac. 299 00:20:55,075 --> 00:20:56,545 To understand why he did it, 300 00:20:56,679 --> 00:21:01,322 and the fear he must have felt... 301 00:21:01,455 --> 00:21:03,860 Not everyone can do that. 302 00:21:05,295 --> 00:21:08,378 I sometimes dream about the ram 303 00:21:08,402 --> 00:21:11,284 that was the sacrifice in my place. 304 00:21:11,308 --> 00:21:13,823 It seemed so calm, 305 00:21:13,847 --> 00:21:19,056 as if it was exactly where it was supposed to be. 306 00:21:21,996 --> 00:21:25,211 What was most striking about it though was its eyes. 307 00:21:25,235 --> 00:21:31,424 One blue, one brown, alongside an unusual-shaped horn. 308 00:21:31,448 --> 00:21:34,631 I thought your father brought no... no offering. 309 00:21:34,655 --> 00:21:36,367 It is as if it appeared from nowhere. 310 00:21:36,391 --> 00:21:38,572 Like it dropped out of the sky. 311 00:21:38,596 --> 00:21:42,069 Which was... that was so strange that day. 312 00:21:42,202 --> 00:21:45,385 The clouds were roiling in a way 313 00:21:45,409 --> 00:21:49,451 I've never seen before, nor since. 314 00:21:49,585 --> 00:21:52,792 How long ago did all of this happen? 315 00:21:52,958 --> 00:21:55,429 Many years. 316 00:21:57,299 --> 00:21:58,903 Why do you ask? 317 00:22:01,976 --> 00:22:05,125 It's nothing. I just... 318 00:22:05,149 --> 00:22:08,088 when I was a girl, I raised a lamb. 319 00:22:08,221 --> 00:22:11,104 He had one blue eye and one brown, 320 00:22:11,128 --> 00:22:13,742 alongside an unusual-shaped horn. 321 00:22:13,766 --> 00:22:17,173 And one night, he disappeared in a storm, 322 00:22:17,306 --> 00:22:20,422 just like the one you described. 323 00:22:20,446 --> 00:22:23,351 Could you wait here a moment? 324 00:22:28,563 --> 00:22:31,000 My father gave me this when I came of age, 325 00:22:31,134 --> 00:22:34,741 so I would remember that day. 326 00:22:44,962 --> 00:22:49,013 Zephyr. 327 00:22:49,037 --> 00:22:52,821 My lamb. 328 00:22:52,845 --> 00:22:54,223 Are you certain? 329 00:22:54,247 --> 00:22:55,917 Yes. 330 00:22:58,556 --> 00:23:00,760 I don't know what this means. 331 00:23:02,397 --> 00:23:05,570 That I don't have to keep looking anymore. 332 00:23:07,541 --> 00:23:11,883 My purpose, it's here. 333 00:23:12,016 --> 00:23:13,485 You'll stay? 334 00:23:15,355 --> 00:23:17,827 And be my wife? 335 00:23:46,653 --> 00:23:49,925 Isaac should know the truth. 336 00:23:50,092 --> 00:23:52,463 I don't want to worry him. 337 00:23:52,597 --> 00:23:57,439 I have never seen a child toss and turn like this. 338 00:23:57,540 --> 00:23:59,511 Something's distressing him. 339 00:23:59,612 --> 00:24:01,314 What if the midwife missed something, 340 00:24:01,448 --> 00:24:03,953 or it's beyond her understanding? 341 00:24:04,054 --> 00:24:05,456 Only god may know. 342 00:24:05,623 --> 00:24:08,663 Then I'll inquire of him myself. 343 00:24:15,042 --> 00:24:17,790 I beseech you, lord. 344 00:24:17,814 --> 00:24:22,222 Tell me why my womb fights with itself. 345 00:24:22,389 --> 00:24:24,961 What troubles my unborn child? 346 00:24:28,102 --> 00:24:30,673 What is its fate? 347 00:24:32,410 --> 00:24:35,583 I beg you, my lord. 348 00:24:46,706 --> 00:24:49,110 I beg you, my lord. 349 00:24:50,213 --> 00:24:52,383 Rebekah. 350 00:25:01,435 --> 00:25:03,739 Thank you. 351 00:25:05,543 --> 00:25:08,526 Two for today. 352 00:25:08,550 --> 00:25:11,622 Sounds like a storm is brewing. 353 00:25:21,108 --> 00:25:22,108 Rebekah? 354 00:25:22,977 --> 00:25:23,977 Rebekah? 355 00:25:40,980 --> 00:25:43,094 Rebekah! 356 00:25:45,189 --> 00:25:47,126 Rebekah! 357 00:25:51,902 --> 00:25:53,906 Rebekah! 358 00:25:58,115 --> 00:26:01,087 Rebekah! Rebekah! 359 00:26:03,392 --> 00:26:05,105 Rebekah, are you all right? 360 00:26:05,129 --> 00:26:06,407 Are you all right? You're not hurt? 361 00:26:06,431 --> 00:26:08,335 I'm fine. I'm fine. 362 00:26:08,469 --> 00:26:11,885 All right, we need to get you inside. 363 00:26:11,909 --> 00:26:15,917 Isaac, Isaac, he spoke to me. 364 00:26:17,654 --> 00:26:19,601 He spoke to me. 365 00:26:19,625 --> 00:26:21,237 Come. 366 00:26:21,261 --> 00:26:23,198 - He spoke to me. - Come on. 367 00:26:26,471 --> 00:26:28,752 I asked him to bless our son 368 00:26:28,776 --> 00:26:30,455 and to ensure his good health, 369 00:26:30,479 --> 00:26:33,084 and I... I never thought he'd answer. 370 00:26:37,259 --> 00:26:40,208 I'm not unwell, my love. 371 00:26:40,232 --> 00:26:41,310 I did hear him. 372 00:26:41,334 --> 00:26:42,704 I... I swear it. 373 00:26:42,837 --> 00:26:45,475 I still feel his words in my bones. 374 00:26:45,610 --> 00:26:47,379 My father's god? 375 00:26:49,084 --> 00:26:51,487 Yes. 376 00:26:51,622 --> 00:26:53,158 What did he say? 377 00:26:54,829 --> 00:26:58,402 That we're to have two sons. 378 00:26:58,536 --> 00:27:00,674 Twins? 379 00:27:00,807 --> 00:27:02,018 A blessing to be sure, 380 00:27:02,042 --> 00:27:04,891 and the reason it's not been easy. 381 00:27:04,915 --> 00:27:07,830 They strive against one another. 382 00:27:07,854 --> 00:27:10,860 He also said that one will be stronger. 383 00:27:12,597 --> 00:27:15,803 And that the elder would serve the younger. 384 00:27:19,878 --> 00:27:22,517 The younger would be heir? 385 00:27:22,650 --> 00:27:25,723 As with you and ishmael. 386 00:27:32,871 --> 00:27:36,354 There are two, just as you thought. 387 00:27:36,378 --> 00:27:38,792 They both strive to be first. 388 00:27:38,816 --> 00:27:40,897 Forgive me, mistress. I must settle the question 389 00:27:40,921 --> 00:27:44,961 of which it'll be, or we risk harming all of you. 390 00:27:45,730 --> 00:27:47,901 It is time. 391 00:28:01,562 --> 00:28:03,331 My gods! 392 00:28:06,572 --> 00:28:09,343 He clings on tight to his brother. 393 00:28:21,601 --> 00:28:23,371 The second one announces himself. 394 00:28:23,506 --> 00:28:26,286 Push, mistress! 395 00:28:42,811 --> 00:28:46,293 He'll need extra attention, this one. 396 00:28:46,317 --> 00:28:47,854 Thank you. 397 00:29:03,351 --> 00:29:05,055 Hello. 398 00:29:06,525 --> 00:29:08,227 Hello. 399 00:29:12,704 --> 00:29:15,375 Look at his hair too. 400 00:29:17,112 --> 00:29:18,950 Esau. 401 00:29:19,083 --> 00:29:21,922 Surely his name has to be esau. 402 00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:28,479 Which is firstborn? 403 00:29:28,503 --> 00:29:30,840 The one you hold. 404 00:29:37,687 --> 00:29:40,335 And this shall be Jacob. 405 00:29:40,359 --> 00:29:43,164 My little lamb. 406 00:29:48,843 --> 00:29:50,947 Look, look, look, look, look, look! 407 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,726 Look at you, esau. So strong. 408 00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:56,033 Look at you. Look at you. 409 00:29:56,057 --> 00:29:58,194 Going to be a hunter like no other, I know it. 410 00:29:58,328 --> 00:29:59,674 I know. 411 00:29:59,698 --> 00:30:01,902 I'll take Jacob for you. 412 00:30:03,539 --> 00:30:04,675 There we are. 413 00:30:04,808 --> 00:30:07,088 - Thank you. - Come here, little man. 414 00:30:07,112 --> 00:30:09,059 It's all... it's all right. 415 00:30:09,083 --> 00:30:10,418 Let's go to the tree. 416 00:30:10,553 --> 00:30:13,191 Bom-bom-bom-bom-bom. 417 00:30:13,325 --> 00:30:14,326 Bup-bup. 418 00:30:16,064 --> 00:30:19,847 There's something we've not discussed in some time. 419 00:30:19,871 --> 00:30:20,873 What's that, my love? 420 00:30:21,007 --> 00:30:22,577 Something we need to revisit. 421 00:30:22,744 --> 00:30:27,428 What awaits them, as god has divined. 422 00:30:27,452 --> 00:30:28,756 No. 423 00:30:28,890 --> 00:30:31,303 We don't need to talk about that now. 424 00:30:31,327 --> 00:30:32,973 Then when? 425 00:30:32,997 --> 00:30:35,402 Well... 426 00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:43,619 Eliezer. 427 00:30:45,690 --> 00:30:47,026 What's all this? The horses? 428 00:30:47,159 --> 00:30:48,529 An offering from your father. 429 00:30:48,630 --> 00:30:49,731 He follows behind. 430 00:30:49,832 --> 00:30:51,176 Abraham is coming? 431 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,906 To celebrate the birth of his grandsons. 432 00:30:54,039 --> 00:30:55,686 We are to ready a feast for the occasion. 433 00:30:55,710 --> 00:30:57,322 He's here but a few days. 434 00:30:57,346 --> 00:30:58,916 Of course we are. 435 00:30:59,049 --> 00:31:00,194 Do not worry, my love. 436 00:31:00,218 --> 00:31:02,934 I will be with you every step of the way. 437 00:31:02,958 --> 00:31:05,996 But for now, there is much to do. 438 00:31:08,769 --> 00:31:11,885 The matter we discussed earlier. 439 00:31:11,909 --> 00:31:14,648 I ask that we keep it to ourselves. 440 00:31:14,781 --> 00:31:17,219 You don't want your father to know? 441 00:31:17,386 --> 00:31:19,223 No. 442 00:31:19,389 --> 00:31:21,327 Or the boys. 443 00:31:21,460 --> 00:31:23,808 Let them grow up and become who they're meant to be, 444 00:31:23,832 --> 00:31:26,905 and then we'll revisit. 445 00:31:50,485 --> 00:31:55,071 I have seen brothers strive, but not before they had names. 446 00:31:55,095 --> 00:31:57,710 It must've been difficult on you. 447 00:31:57,734 --> 00:31:59,647 Worth every moment. 448 00:32:00,940 --> 00:32:04,222 His spirit is strong. 449 00:32:04,246 --> 00:32:07,954 You wouldn't think they're the same age. 450 00:32:08,121 --> 00:32:09,824 Esau was firstborn. 451 00:32:09,958 --> 00:32:11,436 Yes, I can tell. 452 00:32:11,460 --> 00:32:13,833 It's good you have broad shoulders, child. 453 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,105 A great weight will be on them in time. 454 00:32:18,842 --> 00:32:20,680 And this one. 455 00:32:20,847 --> 00:32:23,829 Jacob's clever, you can tell. 456 00:32:23,853 --> 00:32:25,297 Always thinking. 457 00:32:25,321 --> 00:32:28,805 He's destined for great things, I think. 458 00:32:28,829 --> 00:32:31,100 Time will tell. 459 00:32:33,070 --> 00:32:36,655 The angel of god blesses them both. 460 00:32:43,424 --> 00:32:47,366 It'll allow you to pull the water to the surface 461 00:32:47,500 --> 00:32:48,870 in half the time. 462 00:32:49,003 --> 00:32:51,116 Jacob may be the brightest among us. 463 00:32:51,140 --> 00:32:54,146 And if your hand slips... 464 00:32:55,381 --> 00:32:57,787 If you spent more time with him, you'd see for yourself. 465 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:01,003 It'll catch on this latch here. 466 00:33:01,027 --> 00:33:02,663 You think I don't see him? 467 00:33:02,797 --> 00:33:06,046 I think you're easily distracted. 468 00:33:06,070 --> 00:33:08,819 Hyah! Hyah! Hyah! 469 00:33:09,878 --> 00:33:12,315 Hyah! 470 00:33:18,361 --> 00:33:19,439 Brother! 471 00:33:19,463 --> 00:33:21,902 We shall feast on your favorite stew tonight. 472 00:33:22,035 --> 00:33:25,074 Make sure to draw enough for every pot in camp. 473 00:33:28,849 --> 00:33:30,596 I see him. 474 00:33:30,620 --> 00:33:33,291 He is hard to miss. 475 00:33:50,626 --> 00:33:52,563 Is that all that's left? 476 00:33:52,697 --> 00:33:53,699 Have you not eaten? 477 00:33:53,832 --> 00:33:55,435 Kills do not cut themselves. 478 00:33:55,536 --> 00:33:57,182 I've been at it since returning from the hunt. 479 00:33:57,206 --> 00:34:01,023 Shame. It's quite good. 480 00:34:01,047 --> 00:34:02,282 Give it to me. 481 00:34:02,383 --> 00:34:04,153 You're not the only one who's hungry. 482 00:34:04,286 --> 00:34:06,090 You wouldn't have any if it weren't for me. 483 00:34:08,028 --> 00:34:09,741 Buy it from me. 484 00:34:09,765 --> 00:34:11,601 Don't be a child. 485 00:34:15,108 --> 00:34:16,477 What do you want for it? 486 00:34:18,114 --> 00:34:19,818 Sell me your birthright. 487 00:34:21,488 --> 00:34:24,560 Have you been drinking father's wine? 488 00:34:28,368 --> 00:34:31,016 Fine. I don't want it anyway. 489 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,079 The stew or your birthright? 490 00:34:52,817 --> 00:34:54,019 Boys being boys. 491 00:34:54,152 --> 00:34:56,133 You deceive yourself. 492 00:34:56,157 --> 00:34:58,037 You refuse to see what's right in front of you. 493 00:34:58,094 --> 00:35:00,441 And you refuse to listen. 494 00:35:00,465 --> 00:35:02,813 Rebekah, I will not revisit this conversation. 495 00:35:02,837 --> 00:35:04,048 Esau is the firstborn. 496 00:35:04,072 --> 00:35:07,189 By choice of the midwives delivering him, nothing more. 497 00:35:07,213 --> 00:35:09,927 You favor Jacob. Fine. 498 00:35:09,951 --> 00:35:13,067 But you cannot usurp what is esau's by birthright. 499 00:35:13,091 --> 00:35:15,763 So says the second-born heir. 500 00:35:15,897 --> 00:35:18,176 Ishmael is your elder by years, 501 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,782 esau by only moments, and yet, somehow, 502 00:35:20,806 --> 00:35:24,514 god's will has bearing in one instance and not the other. 503 00:35:24,647 --> 00:35:26,350 God's will. 504 00:35:27,352 --> 00:35:30,092 Is that what this is about? 505 00:35:30,225 --> 00:35:32,262 Because he spoke to me and not you? 506 00:35:34,033 --> 00:35:36,337 Be careful. 507 00:35:36,872 --> 00:35:41,614 Believe me, my love, I'd much rather he'd spoken to you. 508 00:35:43,184 --> 00:35:44,631 Every day, I'm forced to look at our boys 509 00:35:44,655 --> 00:35:46,424 knowing god values one more than the other. 510 00:35:46,525 --> 00:35:48,271 Do you think I want this? 511 00:35:48,295 --> 00:35:50,700 It is a burden, and one I desperately wish 512 00:35:50,833 --> 00:35:53,147 I wasn't alone in carrying. 513 00:35:53,171 --> 00:35:57,154 I love esau dearly. 514 00:35:57,178 --> 00:36:01,196 He provides like no other, but he is reckless. 515 00:36:01,220 --> 00:36:02,633 Do you know that two nights ago, 516 00:36:02,657 --> 00:36:06,631 I saw a servant leave his tent, barely dressed. 517 00:36:07,734 --> 00:36:09,980 He will get himself in trouble in short order. 518 00:36:10,004 --> 00:36:13,211 You make all these leaps to support your argument. 519 00:36:13,344 --> 00:36:17,496 No, Isaac! Esau's headstrong and decisive. 520 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:22,272 We mustn't mistake confidence for competence. 521 00:36:22,296 --> 00:36:24,376 The future of your nation is at stake. 522 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,403 Look, how do I make you understand, all right? 523 00:36:26,505 --> 00:36:30,445 I've lived this. I've lived the result. 524 00:36:32,516 --> 00:36:34,930 If we go against the natural order of things, 525 00:36:34,954 --> 00:36:38,037 we will lose them both. 526 00:36:38,061 --> 00:36:40,742 Please, swear to me. 527 00:36:40,766 --> 00:36:45,218 Swear to me you will never mention this to either of them. 528 00:36:45,242 --> 00:36:46,921 You said there would come a time. 529 00:36:46,945 --> 00:36:49,192 Rebekah! 530 00:36:49,216 --> 00:36:52,332 Forgive me. I come with word. 531 00:36:52,356 --> 00:36:53,424 Eliezer? What is it? 532 00:36:53,525 --> 00:36:56,239 Your father, there's not much time. 533 00:36:56,263 --> 00:36:59,570 He's dying. 534 00:37:07,587 --> 00:37:12,238 A great man lies dying. 535 00:37:12,262 --> 00:37:15,334 Would that he will give me the courage. 536 00:37:15,435 --> 00:37:18,608 The courage to follow god's will. 537 00:37:26,123 --> 00:37:28,037 Welcome. 538 00:37:28,061 --> 00:37:32,913 He is weak, but he will be gladdened to see you. 539 00:37:32,937 --> 00:37:34,674 Thank you. 540 00:37:39,383 --> 00:37:42,500 What happens next? 541 00:37:42,524 --> 00:37:43,668 The blessing carries the weight 542 00:37:43,692 --> 00:37:46,197 of your grandfather's covenant with god. 543 00:37:46,330 --> 00:37:48,902 They are not merely words. 544 00:37:49,069 --> 00:37:50,839 You understand? 545 00:37:56,384 --> 00:37:58,889 I never understood. 546 00:38:01,093 --> 00:38:03,364 In truth, neither did I. 547 00:38:04,835 --> 00:38:07,582 But I loved you so. 548 00:38:07,606 --> 00:38:11,548 I'm proud of you and the man you've become. 549 00:38:22,870 --> 00:38:25,317 Isaac. 550 00:38:25,341 --> 00:38:28,748 Unite our households. 551 00:38:32,155 --> 00:38:38,177 Look after my people... As if they were your own. 552 00:38:38,201 --> 00:38:40,949 I shall. 553 00:38:40,973 --> 00:38:43,477 Son... 554 00:38:49,023 --> 00:38:54,408 May your descendants be as numerous as the stars and sand. 555 00:38:54,432 --> 00:39:01,089 All the nations of the earth shall be blessed by them 556 00:39:01,113 --> 00:39:03,695 when you obey his command. 557 00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:08,628 My covenant with god passes to you. 558 00:40:09,282 --> 00:40:12,455 God bless and keep you, father. 559 00:40:22,643 --> 00:40:26,350 Fear and doubt plague esau. 560 00:40:26,451 --> 00:40:34,451 God has told me... It is Jacob who must lead nations. 561 00:40:36,471 --> 00:40:38,808 You must see to it.